Breakout Trading Blog
How do you know if your trading goal is realistic?
Are your trading goals achievable or unrealistic? Watch this short clip where algorithmic breakout trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott discuss "How do you...
How To Make Breakout Trading Work: GRAINS
Algorithmic breakout trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew Swanscott discuss breakout trading in the GRAIN markets, including: Why grain markets are so great to trade and...
The Predictive Power Of Robustness Testing
Can robustness testing really predict whether a strategy could work in future trading? Watch this video where algorithmic breakout trading specialists Tomas Nesnidal and Andrew...
4 Methods to Make Money in Tough Markets
Tough markets? Watch this short video with insights from trading legend Bob Pardo on how to make money in tough markets. https://youtu.be/RMY9UuSoDuE For more great...
Enough strategies for a lifetime
Last Friday Andrew shared with Breakout Strategy Masterclass students a summary of 700+ amazing breakout trading strategies he personally created using the process from the Breakout Masterclass With this outstanding number of powerful strategies (21% of...
The 3 stages of trading blindness
A common phenomena I call “system trading blindness” is one of the biggest obstacles towards long-term trading success and is one of the key reasons why so many system traders fail. [bctt tweet="'“System trading blindness” is one of the biggest obstacles...
Trading advice from a jungle guide
I just got back from the jungle. The real, Malaysian jungle, where I spent 3 days, together with spiders, snakes, monitor lizards, elephants, monkeys and other similar company. Although I didn’t have any direct encounters with dangerous animals (just constantly...
My Love Affair With Breakouts
It’s Valentine's day in a few days, so I think it’s a good time to share how I fell in love... It happened about 7 years ago, during a time when I was looking for ‘The one’ - that perfect trading strategy. The One I could spend the rest of my life with....
The Apple Portfolio Strategy
Apple is now one of the most valuable companies in the world, but back in 1997 it was a very different story. The company was in extremely poor condition, losing tens of millions of dollars every quarter, trying to sustain a huge amount of products, and with no clear...
Quit to Win
Without regular servicing and maintenance a car becomes unreliable, inefficient and can break down completely over time. Last week we shared how regular maintenance and reoptimization of trading strategies is also important for good performance,...
Maintain to survive (and stay profitable)
Do you know what is one of the favorite hobbies in Europe? Having, and constantly improving small, cozy weekend houses (usually far away from the city). A calm sanctuary to spend our weekends and relax for the upcoming week. My parents had a small weekend house about...
Market-beating lesson from a Karate World Champion
"A very thin line separates victory from defeat" - Ricardo Teixeira (Karate World Champion in 1993) Last year, we had the opportunity to meet the World Champion in Karate Shukokai, Ricardo Teixeira. In an amazingly inspiring speech of his outstanding achievement,...
How to stay ahead of the trading game
Have you ever tested or traded a strategy only to find it stopped working? Perhaps it’s a strategy from a book, website, forum or something you’ve heard about. Other traders can find out about the technique too, they start trading it and it very quickly stops working,...